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Which property of metals makes them good conductors of heat

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They are good conductors of thermal energy because their delocalised electrons transfer energy. The close packing of the metal ions in the lattice. the delocalised electrons can carry kinetic energy through the lattice.

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the molecules are tightly bound together, making it easy for electric currents to jump from one molecule to the next.

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